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suyuti:24609a –
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السيوطي:٢٤٦٠٩a –

"لا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ بَدَويٍّ على صاحبِ قَرْيَةٍ".

[د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك وَتُعُقِّب، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبي هريرة

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abudawud:3602 – Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Hamdānī > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb Wanāfiʿ b. Yazīd > Ibn al-Hād > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: The testimony of a nomad Arab against a townsman is not allowable.

أبو داود:٣٦٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَنَافِعُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ بَدَوِيٍّ عَلَى صَاحِبِ قَرْيَةٍ

ibnmajah:2367 – Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Nāfiʿ b. Yazīd > Ibn al-Hād > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

“The testimony of a Bedouin against a town-dweller is not permissible.”

ابن ماجة:٢٣٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ بَدَوِيٍّ عَلَى صَاحِبِ قَرْيَةٍ